We are going to expand our popular Flashback to the Past segment to include the 1950's and 1960's. Here's your chance to help program the music you want to hear on radioSOMD.fm. Send us a list of your favorite songs from those decades and you may hear them played in future flashback segments.

Three ways to let us know:

1) Post a comment here in the blog (http://blog.radiosomd.fm/2009/08/what-are-your-favorite-songs-from-50s.html)
2) Email us at radio(at)somd.com
3) Post in the radioSOMD.fm Forumhttps://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7000069289463972229-7161730906233713566?l=blog.radiosomd.fm


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I think you run a HUGE risk if you implement too many oldies but goodies of the 50s, 60s & 70s. For me, what I like best about radio somd is hearing something completely new to me.

I think you run a HUGE risk if you implement too many oldies but goodies of the 50s, 60s & 70s. For me, what I like best about radio somd is hearing something completely new to me.

Just flashback segments...like the ones from the 80's. Not too many...there are some elderly listeners. :whistle:

Just flashback segments...like the ones from the 80's. Not too many...there are some elderly listeners. :whistle:

I love love love the 50s and 60s and 70s. I just don't want the station to stray from what hooked me from the start!

from the 70s.... Burt Cummings "Stand Tall" is a MUST!

In the 50's for me it was "Happy Birthday to you" :yahoo:

This is my all time favorite

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This is my all time favorite

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Not sure why, but this is one of my very favorites from the 60s

One of mine and Hubby's favorites...

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Anything Motown!!!!!! Al Greene, Smooth Smokie, The Four Tops.

I agree. The early "R&R" tunes of my 1950-60's youth were classics. If you're going back that far to assemble your playlists, don't. However, IMHO, at least grab these for your collection:

All Fats Domino Hits,
All Little Richard Hits,
All Buddy Holly Hits,
Elvis' Classics.

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I agree. The early "R&R" tunes of my 1950-60's youth were classics. If you're going back that far to assemble your playlists, don't. However, IMHO, at least grab these for your collection:

All Fats Domino Hits,
All Little Richard Hits,
All Buddy Holly Hits,
Elvis' Classics.

:yay:

I LOVE XM's Little Steven's Underground Garage.... some of the most amazing and lesser played hits of the 50s and 60s.... like this gem :getdown:

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Also rediscovering The Small Faces, a bit skipped over on the British invasion...

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and of course the primal screaming from Roky Ericson accompanied by wild harmonica on You're Gonna Miss Me.... AMAZING!

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this just makes me wanna break out my 45s saddle shoes, poodle skirt, krinline, cardigan and go dancing :blushing:

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my absolute FAVORITE Four Seasons song EVER!!!!

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Can't forget the surf sounds.... Dick Dale and the Del Tones are always a classic, my son even enjoys it....
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Me, I just love music, all eras, all genres, a world without music is a world I could not live in.

Me, I just love music, all eras, all genres, a world without music is a world I could not live in.

Damn, hippy..Small Faces -pre Rod Stewart-, and Ronnie Wood before he went into the looking dead competition with Keith Richards...:lol:

A special request from CattYouTube - Brand New Key, pair of roller skates (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p02DgHeGdyI)

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YouTube - Love is strange - Mickey and Sylvia (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PT002Q8_rc4&feature=PlayList&p=2A04B9AFB49142D2&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=7)

Dobie Gray- Drift away, but I also like Uncle Kracker's version

Etta James- At last & Beyonce's version isnt bad

"sitting on the dock of the bay"

but you don't have to play it for me... I'm not tuned in.

How about the Stranglers - 96 Tears? Elvis Presleys - Little Sister. and I forget who sings that song - "Searchin" ...

We are going to expand our popular Flashback to the Past segment to include the 1950's and 1960's. Here's your chance to help program the music you want to hear on radioSOMD.fm. Send us a list of your favorite songs from those decades and you may hear them played in future flashback segments.

Three ways to let us know:

1) Post a comment here in the blog (http://blog.radiosomd.fm/2009/08/what-are-your-favorite-songs-from-50s.html)
2) Email us at radio(at)somd.com
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"These boots were made for walking and walk is what they'll do...one of these days they're gonna walk all over you..."
(haven't been able to get this song out of my head all morning!)

How about the Stranglers - 96 Tears? Elvis Presleys - Little Sister. and I forget who sings that song - "Searchin" ...

The Coasters
YouTube - The Coasters & Del Shannon - Searchin' (1965) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQfxiLyhNVk&feature=PlayList&p=BF471CF630CB9E52&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=71)

Thats it! Thanks!! whats that other tear drops song? jackie wilson or something? Make Believe - Conway Twitty.. Wolly Bully.. :dye:

The Coasters
YouTube - The Coasters & Del Shannon - Searchin' (1965) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQfxiLyhNVk&feature=PlayList&p=BF471CF630CB9E52&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=71)

Thats it! Thanks!! whats that other tear drops song? jackie wilson or something? Make Believe - Conway Twitty.. Wolly Bully.. :dye:

Yep, Jackie Wilson - Lonely Teardrops

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How about the Stranglers - 96 Tears? " ...

96 Tears was first done by Question Mark and the Mysterians back in the mid 60s, never heard the Stranglers version.

Stranglers versions cool.. sounds very similar...

96 Tears was first done by Question Mark and the Mysterians back in the mid 60s, never heard the Stranglers version.

Fats Domino - Blueberry Hill. Kansas City... Kansas City here I come.. forget who sings that one? Wilbert Harrison? Stay.. Maurice Williams.

These Eyes- the Guess Who
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes - Platters
Sleepwalk- Santos & Johnny

and one of my all time favorites:
Cactus tree- Joni Mitchell

Theres a man whos been out sailing
In a decade full of dreams
And he takes her to a schooner
And he treats her like a queen
Bearing beads from california
With their amber stones and green
He has called her from the harbor
He has kissed her with his freedom
He has heard her off to starboard
In the breaking and the breathing
Of the water weeds
While she was busy being free

Theres a man whos climbed a mountain
And hes calling out her name
And he hopes her heart can hear three thousand miles
He calls again
He can think her there beside him
He can miss her just the same
He has missed her in the forest
While he showed her all the flowers
And the branches sang the chorus
As he climbed the scaley towers
Of a forest tree
While she was somewhere being free

Theres a man whos sent a letter
And hes waiting for reply
He has asked her of her travels
Since the day they said goodbye
He writes wish you were beside me
We can make it if we try
He has seen her at the office
With her name on all his papers
Thru the sharing of the profits
He will find it hard to shake her
From his memory
And shes so busy being free

Theres a lady in the city
And she thinks she loves them all
Theres the one whos thinking of her
Theres the one who sometimes calls
Theres the one who writes her letters
With his facts and figures scrawl
She has brought them to her senses
They have laughed inside her laughter
Now she rallies her defenses
For she fears that one will ask her
For eternity
And shes so busy being free

Theres a man who sends her medals
He is bleeding from the war
Theres a jouster and a jester and a man who owns a store
Theres a drummer and a dreamer
And you know there may be more
She will love them when she sees them
They will lose her if they follow
And she only means to please them
And her heart is full and hollow
Like a cactus tree
While shes so busy being free

Chuck Berry - Maybellene. The Great Pretender - the Platters. Dream Lover & Splish Splash - Bobby Darin. Tallahassee Lassie - Freddy Cannon.

KC & The Sunshine Band - Get Down Tonight. :getdown:

:cheers:

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How about the Stranglers - 96 Tears? Elvis Presleys - Little Sister. and I forget who sings that song - "Searchin" ...

Chuck Berry - Maybellene. The Great Pretender - the Platters. Dream Lover & Splish Splash - Bobby Darin. Tallahassee Lassie - Freddy Cannon.

:yay:

btw, kc & the sunshine band.... 70s :whistle:

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It was interesting to hear someone else do "Riders on the Storm"~ (played this morning.)

It was interesting to hear someone else do "Riders on the Storm"~ (played this morning.)

missed it.....who was it ?

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missed it.....who was it ?

:howdy:

I don't know! :shrug:

This is my all time favorite

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Louis Armstrong singing "What a Wonderful World" is the best ever. This one gets my vote.

One of mine and Hubby's favorites...

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OMG! I remember our whole gym class singing this! we were in jr. high. :yahoo:

96 Tears was first done by Question Mark and the Mysterians back in the mid 60s, never heard the Stranglers version.

yup, that's the only version I remember. Never heard of the Stranglers either.

Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison
Pretty Woman - Roy Orbinson
Born To Be Wild - Steppenwolf
California Dreaming - The Mamas and The Papas
Sympathy For The Devil - The Rolling Stones
Sunshine of Your Love - Cream
The House of The Rising Sun - The Animals
Light My Fire - The Doors
You Really Got Me - The Kinks
Whole Lotta Love - Zed Zepplin
I Heard It Through the Grapevine - Marvin Gaye
Good Vibrations - The Beach Boys
Respect - Aretha Franklin
Purple Haze - Jimi Hendrix
In The Midnight Hour - Wilson Pickett
Green Onions - Booker T. and the MGs
Bad Moon Rising - Creedence Clearwater Revival
Stand By Me - Ben E. King
Georgia On My Mind - Ray Charles
She's Not There - Zombies
Under The Boardwalk - Drifters
Evil Ways - Santana
Summer In The City - Lovin' Spoonful
Wipe Out - Surfaris
Can't Help Falling In Love - Elvis Presley

Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison
Pretty Woman - Roy Orbinson
Born To Be Wild - Steppenwolf
California Dreaming - The Mamas and The Papas
Sympathy For The Devil - The Rolling Stones
Sunshine of Your Love - Cream
The House of The Rising Sun - The Animals
Light My Fire - The Doors
You Really Got Me - The Kinks
Whole Lotta Love - Zed Zepplin
I Heard It Through the Grapevine - Marvin Gaye
Good Vibrations - The Beach Boys
Respect - Aretha Franklin
Purple Haze - Jimi Hendrix
In The Midnight Hour - Wilson Pickett
Green Onions - Booker T. and the MGs
Bad Moon Rising - Creedence Clearwater Revival
Stand By Me - Ben E. King
Georgia On My Mind - Ray Charles
She's Not There - Zombies
Under The Boardwalk - Drifters
Evil Ways - Santana
Summer In The City - Lovin' Spoonful
Wipe Out - Surfaris
Can't Help Falling In Love - Elvis Presley

No Sam Cooke ?......:coffee:

Rollin' Stone - Muddy Waters

In The Still Of The Nite - Five Satins
Blueberry Hill - Fats Domino
I Walk The Line - Johnny Cash and the Tennessee Two
Ring of Fire - Johnny Cash
There Goes My Baby - Drifters
Georgia On My Mind - Ray Charles
Only The Lonely - Roy Orbison
Stay - Maurice Williams & the Zodiacs
Stand By Me - Ben E. King
Crazy - Patsy Cline
The Wanderer - Dion
Hit The Road Jack - Ray Charles
Do You Love Me - Contours
House Of The Rising Sun - Animals
She's Not There - Zombies
In The Midnight Hour - Wilson Pickett
The Sounds Of Silence - Simon & Garfunkel
Bridge over Troubled Water - S & G
When A Man Loves A Woman - Percy Sledge
Respect - Aretha Franklin

anything by Santana or the Doors

This is my all time favorite

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:clap: Mine too! Has a special meaning for us, Merlin, doesn't it? :huggy:

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one more.........

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Why do Fools Fall In Love - Frankie ???

Why do Fools Fall In Love - Frankie ???

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Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison :yay:
Pretty Woman - Roy Orbinson
Born To Be Wild - Steppenwolf
California Dreaming - The Mamas and The Papas
Sympathy For The Devil - The Rolling Stones
Sunshine of Your Love - Cream
The House of The Rising Sun - The Animals :yay:
Light My Fire - The Doors :yay:
You Really Got Me - The Kinks :yay:
Whole Lotta Love - Zed Zepplin :yay:
I Heard It Through the Grapevine - Marvin Gaye
Good Vibrations - The Beach Boys
Respect - Aretha Franklin
Purple Haze - Jimi Hendrix :yay:
In The Midnight Hour - Wilson Pickett
Green Onions - Booker T. and the MGs
Bad Moon Rising - Creedence Clearwater Revival
Stand By Me - Ben E. King
Georgia On My Mind - Ray Charles
She's Not There - Zombies :yay:
Under The Boardwalk - Drifters
Evil Ways - Santana
Summer In The City - Lovin' Spoonful
Wipe Out - Surfaris
Can't Help Falling In Love - Elvis Presley

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Hmmm... The last two songs played were included in posts in this thread! ? & The Mysterians - 96 Tears and Elvis Presley - Hound Dog. :yay:

I like Bobby Darin, Sinatra, Elvis, the Beatles and the Stones of course.

Del Shannon- Runaway
Gene Pitney- Town w/ out Pity
Doris Day- ya ya rolly polly song

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Summertime Blues - Eddie Cochraine? is that right? Doesn't he look like a cross between Elvis and George Clooney?